Reflection of the Class

In this class, I learned to be a little more creative with how I tell whatever story I’m writing. I still have another year at UNC, and I’m glad I’ll get that much time to keep using what I’ve learned in this class during that time.

I still have two more JMC courses to take, but this is my last writing/editing class. I absolutely feel prepared to enter today’s journalism field.

I feel like I excelled in my writing in the JMC program while also learning valuable skills such as layout, photo and video. I struggled at times with video and I realize I’m still very wordy with my writing, but those would be all that I see that I had trouble with. And neither of them are really that much of a concern to me. I still put together good work, so I’m satisfied.

TheJMC program makes it very easy to realize what will be expected of students once they graduate, and luckily there’s a fair amount of real-world application that helps with that.

If the JMC program could do anything better, I’d say to make it possible/easier for students to have more than one emphasis. Being only news-editorial can only get you so far, but if we could be easier trained in video or audio (or ads and PR if that’s what people want), it would enhance our resumes and only help us once we land a job.  

I still have another year left before I graduate, but I’ll be done with my journalism major by the end of next semester. I look forward to finishing it off and then putting it to good use when I start at my first job.